Michele Murray is an exploration geologist and Treasurer of the Denver
Mining Club. She lives in South Park, Colorado with huzbun, dogs, cats
and horses. She is a freelance writer / artist (www.alloneriverartworks.com)
for outdoors journals and recently for pro-mining venues, such as
http://www.mining.com/corpad/. Her articles have been published in the
prestigious and unique journal, Mountain Gazette, as well as Discover
the Outdoors, EQUUS, Fly Fishing World, Native People’s Magazine, New
Tribal Dawn, The Aquarian, International Double Reed Society, and other
literary journals.

Jack Caldwell is a civil engineer who maintains his professional
engineering registration in California. He is officially retired so that
he can travel around North America to be with his five grandkids. He was
born on the mines of South Africa of mining parents and grandparents. He
grew up on the mines of South Africa and once he had spent eleven years
gathering three degrees at the University of the Witwatersrand, joined
SRK to design tailings dams. This brought him to Canada and subsequently
the United States where he worked on molybdenum, gold and uranium mine
projects; then to California to work on landfills and the earthquake
aspects of law and engineering.

John Chadwick is the author of International Mining. The publication
first burst onto the scene in 1984 as the cutting edge magazine written
by miners for miners. With over 20 more years of experience under our
belts, we’re ready to do it again.

This may sound sad, but it’s true: We lie awake at night thinking about
how manufacturers could save (or avoid spending) money on their metal
purchases. It’s a strange thing to think about, but alas, someone has to
do it. With this blog, we aim to take a global perspective on the
issues, trends, strategies, and trade policies that will impact how you
source and/or trade metals and related metals services. From aluminum
and steel to rhodium to gallium, from the thinnest gauge foils to the
largest castings and forgings available today, we’ll cover a wide range
of diverse topics — including green sourcing, lean sourcing, global
pricing trends, capacity constraints, supply market M&A activity, and
more.

Kathy Snyder: From 1978 until 2004 I worked as a career civil servant in
the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, where my areas of
reponsibility included media relations, the Freedom of Information Act,
and other aspects of the agency's public information program.

Stan Sudol is a self-described “Inco Brat.” He was born in Sudbury,
Canada, the richest mining district in North America and among the top
ten most significant globally. Sudol grew up in Sudbury during the 1960s
and 1970s, where his father and most of his neighbours worked for Inco
Limited (now Vale Inco). Sudol worked for Inco’s Clarabell Mill for one
year during 1976/77 and underground at the the company’s Frood-Stobie
mine in the summer of 1980. The hard-rock mining culture of the Sudbury
Basin has left a tremendously positive impact on him.

Glenn started his studies in mining engineering in 2007 at UBC. He
laboured in electrical engineering at SFU before coming to his senses
and emerging from the darkness only to plunge back into the depths of
the Earth. He offers a not necessarily average picture of the life,
work, interests, activities, and opinions of the next generation of
mining engineers. He obviously does not speak for all of them. The
implications would be dire were this the case.